Wind power potential assessment of 12 locations in western Himalayan region of India

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 530-545

  Chandel, S S ^a   Ramasamy, P ^a   Murthy, K S R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Western Himalayas; Wind energy; Wind energy factor method; Wind power potential; Wind resource assessment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NASA; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

DIFFERENT TERRAINS; ENERGY FACTORS; ENERGY PATTERN FACTOR; MICRO-WIND TURBINES; POWER POTENTIAL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; WESTERN HIMALAYAS; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84905383099     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.050     Document Type: Review

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